Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1888 and died there in 1935. He was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher who has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in Portuguese literature. Pessoa worked across multiple languages and literary forms. In addition to his work in Portuguese, he wrote in and translated from English and French, contributing to the literary culture of his time through both original composition and translation work.